Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixteenth century , rents and entry fines began to rise again , and lords no longer felt it desirable to ensure their income by lengthening the terms of leases , when frequent renegotiation of these could give them more opportunities to raise rents . |
| 2 | Police officers were at the girl 's hospital bedside hoping she could give them more details of the attack . |
| 3 | This could give them almost 16% of Fleet/Norstar . |
| 4 | David Mason could give you more details . ’ |
| 5 | Three hours later , two thousand feet above the Mediterranean , Miranda , alert and exultant , sat next to her instructor at the controls of a trainer plane , an ugly little single-engine Rallye which her instructor described as efficient and forgiving : you could do something wrong m a Rallye without getting immediately punished for it . |
| 6 | It could do nobody any good . |
| 7 | While banks welcome the change , some critics fear it could do them more harm than good . |
| 8 | On the evidence of recent season this could cost him about £30 . |
| 9 | I could take you apart limb from limb and God himself would call it justice ! ’ |
| 10 | Sometimes I wish they was all youngsters again , at least yer could put 'em ter bed an' know where they all were . ’ |
| 11 | The DHSS estimates that it could save something around £30 million . |
| 12 | I could get it tomorrow morning in my |
| 13 | But before she could say anything further Ross — who had remained silent so far — took a quick step forward and gathered her into his arms . |
| 14 | It appears that he did search for 3-dimensional examples but could find none without divisors of zero . |
| 15 | If she is not prevented from chattering she could cause herself much trouble . ’ |
| 16 | Joint interests could cause you more concern than anything else and you may feel that a partner has bungled matters here . |